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Composer

Gaetano Donizetti

Italian opera composer (1797–1848)

1797–1848

382 works in the index

Born
1797
Died
1848
Birthplace
Bergamo
Citizenship / historical state
Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
Period (estimated from birth year)
Romantic

Biography

As a very young child of a poor family, Dominico Gaetano Maria Donizetti lived in a windowless cellar. But as a grown man, he dominated the Italian opera scene in the period between Bellini’s death (1835) and Verdi’s rise to fame after the success of Nabucco (1842). Donizetti succeeded with operas of a wide range of genres. His comedies for example included L’ajo nell'umbarazzo, [The Embarrassed Tutor] (1824), Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali [Conventions and Inconveniences of the Stage] (an initial version was produced in 1827, a much expanded final version in 1831), and Il giovedi grasso [Maundy Thursday]. He also composed the heroic neoclassical drama L’esule di Roma [The Exile from Rome] (1828) and the romantic melodrama Il paria [The outcast] (1829). During the period of his dominance of the operatic stage his works include: Maria Stuarda [Mary Stuart] (1835); Lucia di Lammermoor (1835); and La fille du regiment [The Daughter of the Regiment] (1840). His final work, integrating ballet, was the comic opera Don Pasquale (1843), first produced at the Théâtre-Italien at the Salle Ventadour, in Paris.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Voice, Piano, Flute, Vocal, Bassoon
Genres represented
Classical, Broadway, Pop, Rock
Works with composition dates
5 of 382

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 3 of 8

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Le Crepuscule — —— Piano, Flute, VoiceClassical 3
La Lontananza — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Cerchero lontana terra — —— VoiceClassical 5
Signorina, in tanta — —— VoiceClassical 4
Cheti, immantinente — —— VoiceClassical 5
CD — —— —Classical 4
Intro & Il Dolce Suono — —— —Classical 4
Alfin Son Tua — —— —Classical 4
Spirto Gentil (From La Favorita) — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 6
La Sultana — —— Piano, Flute, Voice, ClarinetClassical 5
Com'e bello! Quale incanto from Lucrezia Borgia — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
E Sara in questi orribili momenti pote lasciarmi? from Roberto Devereux — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Havvi un Dio che in sua clemenza from Maria di Rohan — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Daughter of the Regiment Overture — —— Piano, Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Bassoon, Double Bass, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, percussionClassical 2
Se ad altri il core L'esule di Roma — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 4
Vivi tu, te ne scongiuro from Anna Bolena — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 4
Ed ancor la tremenda porta non si dischiude? from Roberto Devereux — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 4
Come uno spirto angelico from Roberto Devereux — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 4
Ange si pur/Spirto gentil from La Favorite/La Favorita — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 5
Ah! forse, o madre mia from Maria di Rohan — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 4
Io trar non voglio campi e onori from Caterina Cornaro — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 4
Morte, morte, fur troppi gl'insulti from Caterina Cornaro — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 4
A Cieloi miei lunghi spasimi from Anna Bolena — —— PianoClassical 3
Tolta al dolore, tolta agli affanni from Maria Stuarda — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 4
All'afflitto e dolce il pianto from Roberto Devereux — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Alcun s'appressa! from Roberto Devereux — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 4
Scelsi la via brevissima from Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Il est la — —— VoiceClassical 4
Come vinti da stanchezza — —— VoiceClassical 5
Guidami tu — —— VoiceClassical 5
Sie traf mit ihren Blicken — —— —Classical 3
O luce die quest' anima — —— —Classical 3
Leiht ein Gott mir nicht — —— —Classical 3
Ach, umsonst denkt ihr mich zu blenden — —— —Classical 3
Bella siccome un angelo — —— Low VoiceClassical 3
L'ora del ritrovo — —— VoiceClassical 5
Le chant de l'abeille/La canzone dell'ape — —— VoiceClassical 3
Concert Waltz on Two Themes from Lucia and Parisina — —— PianoClassical 4
Tornmai a dir che m'mami from DON PASQUALE — —— —Classical 3
Quel guardo il cavaliere... So anch'io la virtu magica — —— —Classical 4
O luce di quest' anima — —— VoiceClassical 4
Lucrezia Borgia — —— —Classical 2
La Zingara — —— Piano, Flute, Voice, ClarinetClassical 4
Chacun Le Sait (All Are Aware) — —— VoiceClassical 2
La Favorita: "O mio Fernando" (Mezzo-Soprano) — —— —— 2
---: "Par le rang et par l'opulence" ("Le richezze") — —— —— 2
Lucia di Lammermoor: Duet, "Sulla tomba che rinserra" — —— —— 3
Drinking Song — —— Piano, TubaClassical 2

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 74037336. Portrait: Rijksmuseum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.